Acensbart
Excellent but underrated film
Griff Lees
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Kayden
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Justina
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
wadebran
Visually this is much more like a cartoon from the late 40s rather than 1942. It shows the way for the future, refined Chuck Jones style. The long perspective shots and the stylized backgrounds are rare for that time and the timing and nature of the dialog is unmistakably Chuck Jones (his first cartoon with writer Michael Maltese). If it wasn't for the early loony trickster characterization of Daffy this could easily be mistaken for a release from '49 or '50. Daffy also tries to exploit "duck season" as he would ten years later with Bugs in the "Duck Season/Rabbit Season" toons. Don't miss this one! It's on volume 6 of the Golden Collection and, for the first time in many years, you can really enjoy the full impact of the color scheme.
slymusic
Under the writer/director team of Michael Maltese and Chuck Jones, respectively, "My Favorite Duck" is a fine Porky Pig/Daffy Duck cartoon. The plot: Porky would have had a pleasant time on his camping trip had Daffy not been such an obnoxious jerk! My favorite scenes: I always find it a treat to hear all these wonderful Looney Tunes characters sing, which Porky and Daffy do at the beginning of this film, harmonizing "Moonlight Bay". While preparing lunch, Porky sings a little of "Blues in the Night", until he realizes that it's Daffy's tune! When Daffy steals Porky's lunch, Porky chases him inside a tree hole, only to receive a pie in the face. Believing to be swimming downward underwater, Porky is hilarious as he actually "swims" upward in the air and then has a beautiful look on his face as he's about to fall.Porky Pig and Daffy Duck played off of each other in many a Warner Bros. cartoon, and "My Favorite Duck" might just be one of the best ones. Animation historian Jerry Beck, whose commentaries throughout the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD series I highly enjoy, offers a commentary of this cartoon on Volume 6 Disc 1.
Lee Eisenberg
Maybe there's nothing particularly new in "My Favorite Duck", but how can you not like to see Daffy irk Porky? True, we see this so many times, that this may come across as boring, but Daffy's antics - ranging from zany to sadistic - and Porky's reactions more than make up for it. In my opinion at least, the highlight is the "down here" scene. But the surprise ending is also pretty cool. They sure must have had fun filming this cartoon."That, my friend, is a matter of opinion." Well, I don't see how someone could not consider this cartoon a masterpiece. Another great one for the crowd behind the Looney Tunes cartoons.
bob the moo
Porky Pig is out for a camping trip in the woods when he comes across a crazy duck. Porky's patience is pushed to the limit but, as Daffy points out, duck hunting season is closed and it's a $500 fine for even hurting a duck…..a fact that Daffy is happy to exploit.Daffy is one of my favourite characters mainly because I like him in almost all his incarnations – be he the crazy duck or the bitter, twisted duck. Here he is the manic crazy duck who goes hooting over the horizon, and it works well. The plot sees Daffy just trying to wind Porky up, the film does what you expect it to and the punch line is pretty obvious.However the actual action is very funny and is totally made by a great performance from Daffy – he sets the mood of the film. The downside of the film is the animation quality on the characters themselves. Porky looks really basic and like he was drawn without as much care and attention as normal, but Daffy looks fine and the backgrounds are all OK.Overall this is a great short if you are a fan of Daffy in his manic state. Crazy ducks = good fun in my book, so I really liked this!
